Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Food guidelines for endurance athletes?

I quit running marathons a long time ago due to other issues, but still do major endurance exercise stuff- I walk instead of run and will go 10-15 miles at a time, haven't tried longer yet... and bike mega rides.. I use luna bars and fruit leathers and fruit stuff and haven't had major problems.. even fruit juices seem to work for the liquids, but mostly i do some solid and stick to water, I never did like gatorade... I overload on carbs in the days before the event, and eat some bananas and or a luna bar before I start.. good luck! thats quite the event... I'd play with each thing you want to take with you in advance to make sure of its effect on your system in a race situation (shorter obviously) and come up with your personal solution from there.. to me exercise is stress relief, I never did look to win even when I did, so it actually helped my tummy issues... I will keep good thoughts headed your way!

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Dietetics Student (anticipating RD exam in Aug 2010)
IBS - A
Dairy Allergic
Fructose and MSG intollerant

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